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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463130203321

Autore

Stuckey Mary E

Titolo

The good neighbor : Franklin D. Roosevelt and the rhetoric of American power / / Mary E. Stuckey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

East Lansing : , : Michigan State University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-60917-390-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Rhetoric & Public Affairs

Rhetoric and public affairs series

Disciplina

973.917092

Soggetti

Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Political oratory - United States - History - 20th century

Neighborliness - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1933-1945

United States Foreign relations 1933-1945

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A neighborhood of shared values -- Mobilizing the neighborhood -- Political friendship : argument in Roosevelt's neighborhood -- Roosevelt's moderate neighborhood : community on the middle ground -- International fair play : the global neighborhood.

Sommario/riassunto

No modern president has had as much influence on American national politics as Franklin D. Roosevelt. During FDR's administration, power shifted from states and localities to the federal government; within the federal government it shifted from Congress to the president; and internationally, it moved from Europe to the United States. All of these changes required significant effort on the part of the president, who triumphed over fierce opposition and succeeded in remaking the American political system in ways that continue to shape our politics today. Using the metaphor of the good